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@@ -359,7 +359,17 @@ unsigned long __init_refok init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start,
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}
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/*
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- * would have hole in the middle or ends, and only ram parts will be mapped.
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+ * We need to iterate through the E820 memory map and create direct mappings
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+ * for only E820_RAM and E820_KERN_RESERVED regions. We cannot simply
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+ * create direct mappings for all pfns from [0 to max_low_pfn) and
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+ * [4GB to max_pfn) because of possible memory holes in high addresses
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+ * that cannot be marked as UC by fixed/variable range MTRRs.
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+ * Depending on the alignment of E820 ranges, this may possibly result
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+ * in using smaller size (i.e. 4K instead of 2M or 1G) page tables.
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+ *
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+ * init_mem_mapping() calls init_range_memory_mapping() with big range.
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+ * That range would have hole in the middle or ends, and only ram parts
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+ * will be mapped in init_range_memory_mapping().
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*/
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static unsigned long __init init_range_memory_mapping(
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unsigned long r_start,
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@@ -419,6 +429,13 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
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max_pfn_mapped = 0; /* will get exact value next */
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min_pfn_mapped = real_end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
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last_start = start = real_end;
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+
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+ /*
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+ * We start from the top (end of memory) and go to the bottom.
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+ * The memblock_find_in_range() gets us a block of RAM from the
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+ * end of RAM in [min_pfn_mapped, max_pfn_mapped) used as new pages
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+ * for page table.
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+ */
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while (last_start > ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
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if (last_start > step_size) {
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start = round_down(last_start - 1, step_size);
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